Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (824 mails)

Re: [opensuse-factory] RC1 i386 Installation

From:
Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Date:
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:37:29 +0200

Message-id:
<200709231137.30609.coolo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Am Sonntag 23 September 2007 schrieb nordi:
> Stephan Kulow schrieb:
> > Am Sonntag 23 September 2007 schrieb Keith Goggin:
> >> 1. During installation 'add online repositories before installation'
> >> should NOT in my opinion be the default. It causes more trouble than
> >> it's worth and takes far too long to complete. Adding repositories after
> >> installation is a much faster and cleaner process.
> >
> > Sorry for you, it adds value for tons of other users.
>
> I don't see the added value either. I tried adding the online
> repositories during installation, just to be told that 30MB will be
> installed from DVD and the other >2GB(!) will be downloaded. Exactly
> _why_ did I download the DVD then? This turns a 30 minute install from
> DVD into a download session that takes hours!
You're aware that you're speaking about a bug, right? It never happened to me
though, so I would be very interested in what exactly you did.

Note though that tomorrow we'l sync out factory again and then it will be
normal that the installation prefers the online variant. But today factory is
definitely of the same age as RC1.